Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) – President Joe Biden will announce on Saturday during an Arab summit that the United States has committed $1 billion in new near and long term food security assistance for the Middle East and North Africa region, a senio…
Athletics-British pole vaulter Bradshaw out of World Championships
(Reuters) – British pole vaulter Holly Bradshaw pulled out of the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon on Friday after snapping her pole and landing awkwardly during warm-ups. Bradshaw, who won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics, did not take part in qualif…
G20 finance chiefs urged to focus on global recovery goals; formal communique unlikely
By Andrea Shalal and Fransiska Nangoy NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -Indonesia on Saturday urged G20 finance leaders to stay focused on their goals for global economic recovery, but sources said the meeting in Bali would likely end without a formal com…
U.S. Navy ship again sails near disputed S. China Sea islands
BEIJING (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy destroyer sailed near the disputed Spratly Islands on Saturday, the U.S. Navy said, its second such “freedom of navigation” operation in a week in the South China Sea. On Wednesday, China’s military said it had “driven a…
UK summons Russian envoy over Briton’s death in breakaway east Ukraine region
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s foreign office on Friday summoned Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin to express “deep concern” over reports of the death of a British aid worker. “I am shocked to hear reports of the death of British aid worker Paul Urey while…
U.S. approves possible sale of military assistance to Taiwan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of military technical assistance to Taiwan worth an estimated $108 million, the Pentagon said on Friday. China has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under it…
Ukrainian city grieves 4-year-old girl after Russian missile attack
By Sergiy Voloshyn and Valentyn Ogirenko VINNYTSIA, Ukraine, July 15 (Reuters) – A Ukrainian city far from the frontline grieved its dead including a 4-year-old girl with Down’s Syndrome, while Russian missiles continued to rain on other cities across …
U.S. panel probing Capitol attack to ask Secret Service about text deletion
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. congressional panel probing the Jan. 6 2021 attack on the Capitol plans to ask the Secret Service about its alleged deletion of text messages sought by a watchdog investigating the agency’s response to t…
World stocks rally, dollar dips as investors weigh spending data, inflation scares
By Katanga Johnson (Reuters) – Global equities climbed on Friday, while the dollar dipped and oil rose as investors reduced their expectations of an aggressive interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve this month and as U.S. spending data beat forecast…
Netflix back up after streaming issues
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s streaming service was back up after facing a more than hour-and-a-half long disruption across all devices, the company said on Friday. There were thousands of reports of an outage from countries including the United States, Fr…